Adrien Aron, born on 29 April 1902 in Paris and died on 30 November 1969 (aged 67) in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French tennis and bridge player, and a philately specialist.
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 Harry Hopman and Aron in 1928, during a France-Australia match at Roland Garros[1] |
Biography
editAdrien Aron was the older brother of philosopher Raymond Aron. He graduated with a law degree.[citation needed]
During the interwar period, he was described as "elegant, frequented the rich circles of tennis and gambling clubs; he perfectly embodied the man of pleasure, a type of man that my philosophical self despised and that perhaps a part of myself, barely conscious, humiliated by his sovereign lightness, admired or envied," said his brother.[2]
Tennis career
editHe was described by Jean Samazeuilh as a "real machine to return the ball and a crocodile of the worst kind".[3] However, he could not compete with the "Musketeers". At the end of 1928, he was ranked the eleventh best French player by the French Tennis Federation.[4]
He won the Deauville tournament three times.[5] He won the Porée Cup in 1928, defeating Louis Géraud in the final.[6]
He participated six times in the French Championships between 1925 and 1931. Notably, he was defeated by the Hungarian champion Béla von Kehrling in 1926[7] and by Patrick Spence in five sets in 1927.[8]
Bridge career
editFrom the 1930s, he focused on bridge, becoming one of France's leading specialists in the game, alongside Pierre Albarran.[9]
Philately
editAfter the war, he gave up rackets and cards and became passionate about philately[2]. In 1959, he published Les Secrets de la philatélie with Calmann-Lévy.[citation needed]
Works
edit- Pierre Bellanger, Pierre Albarran, Adrien Aron, and Sophoklís Venizélos, Bridge, les 102 donnes d'un grand match, Grasset, Paris, 1933.
- Adrien Aron and Jean Fayard, L'art du bridge, Arthème Fayard, Paris, 1938.
- Adrien Aron, Les Secrets de la philatélie, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1959.
Notes and references
edit- ^ Hopman won 2 sets to 1, "not without a very good resistance from the latter." Le Figaro, July 15, 1928.
- ^ a b Memoirs, Raymond Aron, 1983.
- ^ Le miroir des sports, October 4, 1927.
- ^ Le miroir des sports, December 11, 1928.
- ^ Le Figaro, September 6, 1927.
- ^ R-J Airdey, Aron won the Porée Cup, Paris-Soir, October 2, 1928.
- ^ Le miroir des sports, June 9, 1926.
- ^ Le miroir des sports, October 4, 1927.
- ^ Albarran, Pierre (1957). Encyclopédie du bridge moderne. Fayard. p. 180..